{"data":{"id":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-22a-2-29","jurisdiction":"us-nj","citation":"N.J. Stat. § 22A:2-29","heading":"County clerk, deputy clerk of Superior Court, fees.","body":"Upon the filing, indexing, entering or recording of the following documents or papers in the office of the county clerk or deputy clerk of the Superior Court, such parties, filing or having the same recorded or indexed in the county clerk's office or with the deputy clerk of the Superior Court in the various counties in this State in all civil or criminal causes, shall pay the following fees in lieu of\nthe fees heretofore provided for the filing, recording or entering of such documents or papers:\nIn general--\nIssuing county clerk's certificate, any instrument\t$5.00\nComparing and making copies, per sheet.\t$2.00\nCopies of all papers, typing and comparing of photostat, per page\t$2.00\nMarking as a true copy, any instrument\t$2.00\nExemplification, any instrument\t$10.00\nPlus $1.00 per page of instrument.\nRecording or filing all instruments not herein stated.\t$7.50\nBonds, bail, recognizances--\nRecording all official bonds with acknowledgment and\nproof of the execution thereof\t$9.00\nFiling all papers related to recognizance or civil bail\t$ 30.00\nFiling discharge, attachment bond\t$9.00\nFiling and recording filiation bond\t$9.00\nFiling satisfaction of or order discharging filiation bond\t$9.00\nRecording or discharging sheriff's bond\t$9.00\nNonbusiness corporation, recording:\nCertificates of incorporation of churches, religious societies and congregations. $25.00\nAmendments to certificates of incorporation of churches, religious societies and congregations, recording\t$25.00\nBank merger agreements, recording:\nFirst sheet\t\t$25.00\nEach additional sheet, Certificates, each\t$5.00\nTradenames, firms, partnerships:\nCertificate of name, filing (see R.S.56:1-1 et seq.)\t$50.00\nCertificate of dissolution of tradename (see R.S.56:1-6 et seq.)\t$25.00\nPartnership agreement (see R.S.42:1-1 et seq.)\t$50.00\nBuilding and loan or savings and loan associations:\nChange of name\t$25.00\nDissolution\t$25.00\nCertificates for limited-dividend housing associations, recording:\nFirst page\t$20.00\nEach additional page\t$5.00\nCertificates for urban renewal associations, recording:\nFirst page\t$20.00\nEach additional page\t$5.00\nJudgments, et cetera--\nRecording judgments\t$15.00\nFiling, entering and recording judgment on bond\nand warrant by attorney\t$37.50\nCertificate for docketing Superior Court transcript\t$9.00\nRecording assignment of judgment\t$15.00\nIssuing transcript of judgment\t$7.50\nFiling or entering on the record of discharge,\ncancellation, release or satisfaction of a judgment\nby satisfaction piece, execution returned satisfied\nor otherwise\t$15.00\nFor recording and indexing postponement of the lien\nof judgment.\t$20.00\nFiling, indexing and recording mechanic's lien claim\t$9.00\nRecording, filing and noting on the record the\ndischarge, release or satisfaction of a\nmechanic's lien claim\t$9.00\nExtension of lien claim\t$3.00\nFiling statement in mechanic's lien proceeding\t$9.00\nFiling, recording and indexing mechanic's notice of intention\t$4.50\nFiling a certificate discharging a mechanic's notice of intention and noting the discharge on the record thereof\t$4.50\nFiling certificate from court of commencement of suit\t$4.50\nFiling a court order amending a mechanic's notice of intention\t$9.00\nConstruction lien\t$15.00\nNotice of unpaid balance, discharge\t$15.00\nNotation\t\t$5.00\nBond\t\t$25.00\nFiling a court order to discharge notice of intention and noting\nthe discharge on the record thereof\t$15.00\nFiling, recording and indexing stop notice\t$4.50\nFiling a certificate discharging a stop notice and noting the\ndischarge on the record thereof.\t$4.50\nFiling a court order discharging a stop notice and noting the\ndischarge on the record thereof\t$9.00\nFiling building contract\t$25.00\nFiling discharge of building contract\t$15.00\nNotation\t$5.00\nFiling building specifications.\t$25.00\nFiling building plans\t$25.00\nFiling each notice of physician's lien\t$15.00\nEntering upon the record the discharge of a\nphysician's lien\t$15.00\nFiling each hospital lien claim\t$15.00\nDischarge of hospital lien\t$15.00\nFiling satisfaction or order for discharge of attachment\t$15.00\nRecording collateral inheritance waiver or receipt\t$15.00\nRecording inheritance tax waiver.\t$15.00\nSubordination, release, partial release or postponement of a lien to lien of mortgage  $20.00\nNotation\t\t$5.00\nCommissions and oaths--\nAdministering oaths to notaries public and commissioners of deeds\t$15.00\nFor issuing certificate of authority of notary to take proof,\nacknowledgment of affidavit\t$5.00\nFor issuing each certificate of the commission and qualification of notary public for filing with other county clerks\t$15.00\nFor filing each certificate of the commission and qualification of  notary public, in office of county clerk of county other than where such notary has qualified\t$15.00\nMiscellaneous--Filing and recording proceedings for laying out,\nvacating or dedicating roads\t$25.00\nRecording firemen's certificates.\tNo charge.\nRegistering physician\t$25.00\nIssuing of nonalcoholic beverage identification card to persons under twenty-one years of age\t\t$10.00\nL.1953, c.22, s.11; amended 1957, c.224; 1965, c.123, ss.7,11; 1967, c.113; 1980, c.58, s.2; 1985, c.422, s.4; 2001, c.370, s.2; 2002, c.34, s.31; 2004, c.108, s.3.","path":["TITLE 22A FEES AND COSTS"],"source_url":"https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/statutes/STATUTES-TEXT.zip","current_through":"P.L.2025, c.405, and J.R.22","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T17:54:13Z","sha256":"273e67a9e42fbc1356fa2d0813604fe323867e85bd0cdbe3b9f26ab9bcf0258e","source_id":"us-nj","stale":true,"prev":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-22a-2-27","next":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-22a-2-30"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}